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<h2>AWAY IN A MANGER</h2>
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<h2>(Luther’s Cradle Hymn)</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“She gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped Him in cloths and placed Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.” Luke 2:7</h3></p>
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<p><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_m_u_murray_jr.jpg" alt="James Ramsey Murray (1841-1905)" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" width="133.333333333333" height="180.666666666667"><em>Words:</em> Verses 1 & 2, anonymous, in <em>Little Children’s Book for Schools and Families</em>, by J. C. File (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Evangelical Lutheran Church in North America, 1885). Some sources show the author as Martin Luther; this attribution (probably incorrect) is based on the title
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“Luther’s Cradle Hymn,” given to these words by the composer, James Murray. Verse 3 is by John Thomas McFarland (1851-1913).</p>
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Mueller,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_m_u_murray_jr.html" target="_blank">James Ramsey Murray</a>, 1887 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_m_mueller.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<li>Cradle Song, <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_k_i_kirkpatrick_wj.html" target="_blank">William James Kirkpatrick</a>, 1895 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_c_cradleso.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>Away in a manger, no crib for a bed,<br>
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The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head.<br>
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The stars in the sky looked down where He lay,<br>
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The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay.</p>
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<p>The cattle are lowing, the Baby awakes,<br>
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But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes;<br>
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I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky<br>
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And stay by my cradle til morning is nigh.</p>
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<p>Be near me, Lord Jesus, I ask Thee to stay<br>
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Close by me forever, and love me, I pray;<br>
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Bless all the dear children in Thy tender care,<br>
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And fit us for heaven to live with Thee there.</p>
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